Qamar Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 14, 2018 Brad Smithfield “He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.” – Virgil. It is believed that small and beautiful Gaiola Island (Isola della Gaiola) is a cursed place. Knowing the fact that almost all of its past owners tragically died, mysteriously disappeared, or had bad fortune connected with their … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 22, 2018 Magda Origjanska In 1965, in the middle of the Gemini 3 mission, astronaut John Young reached into his space suit and pulled out a surprise–he offered a corned-beef sandwich to his crewmate, Gus Grissom. At the time it didn’t cross his mind that this would be the first corned … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 22, 2018 Nikola Simonovski Before the invention of photography, people needed a different method of commemorating the faces of the deceased. They had paintings, of course, but another service was saved for the elites: the death mask. This technique was used in many nations to create a lasting memento of a … Read more
شری راماکرشنا ایک کہانی سنایا کرتے تھے، جس میں ایک آدمی دریا عبور کرنا چاھتا تھا مگر آس پاس کوئی کشتی یا پل وغیرہ نہیں تھا۔ وہ اسی کشمکش میں کھڑا تھا کہ گرو بیبھیشانا تشریف لے آئے، قریب سے ایک پتہ توڑا اور اس پر ایک نام لکھ کر، اس آدمی کی پشت پر … Read more
March 15, 2018 by Paulo Coelho Sri Ramakrisna tells the story of a man who was about to cross a river, when master Bibhishana came over, wrote a name on a leaf, tied it to the man’s back, and said:– Don’t be afraid. Your faith will help you walk on the waters. But the minute you lose … Read more
Feb 23, 2018 Petra Bjelica Courtesy: The Vintage News Formally known as the House-Monument of the Bulgarian Communist Party, the Buzludzha monument is today famous for its resemblance to a ruined UFO, a place of pilgrimage for lovers of abandoned places. A unique and fascinating monument, it was primarily built as a site for the commemoration … Read more
Feb 23, 2018 Domagoj Valjak The Great Fire of London by an unknown painter, depicting the fire as it would have appeared on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September 1666 from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf. Personal diaries are important to historians and sometimes the only genuine source of past events. The diary … Read more
